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'It didn't use to bug you'

DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.

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Annoyhilate

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ənoiəlāt

Sentence: Genny really didn*t know how break up with Peter, so she set out to annoyhilate their relationship. He was able to tolerate the **dainties** hanging in the shower and the load of laundry where she **accidently** washed all his whites with her new red blouse. He could even grin and bear it when she picked her teeth in public. What finally put it over the edge and sent him packing was her laugh/snort. And she hadn*t even planned that one.

Etymology: annoy [irritate (someone); make (someone) a little angry] + annihilate [destroy utterly; obliterate]

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COMMENTS:

good word...well describes all those annoyhellations! - Nosila, 2009-09-09: 14:39:00

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Pignobility

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: pig/no/bil/it/ee

Sentence: His pattern of pignobility left her with a fetid feeling that their relationship would not survive a week.

Etymology: pig (metaphor for dirty) + ignobility (offensive behavior)

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Irrimating

Created by: MrDigdigdig

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Bob's nose picking quickly became irrimating to Linda

Etymology:

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Chewumuy

Created by: Ahmad

Pronunciation: che-wu-mu-ae

Sentence: I took him for a nice guy when first i met him in university but he proved a chewumuy latter on , i just hate these fellows.

Etymology: chewing + gum. chew form chewing, um from gum. uy from guy. chewing gum tastes great at start but just gets irritating latter on.

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Agitrait

Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: aj/i/treyt

Sentence: His nose-picking became a major agitrait for his girlfriend.

Etymology: agitate + trait

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Tickleme

Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'tik-&l-"mE/

Sentence: While the toddler quickly learned that affecting a lisp was a good way to get adults to do what she wanted, it wasn't until long after it started having the opposite effect that she realized it for the tickleme it was.

Etymology: As in the "Tickle-me Elmo" doll. Some (not all) may have found it once cute, but no talking toy with less than a 50-sentence vocabulary can help but become annoying after awhile.

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Jiltrait

Created by: sodium

Pronunciation: jill-trate (rhymes with filtrate)

Sentence: Hogan wondered why his relationships never lasted; finally a friend told him about all of his bad jiltraits.

Etymology: jilt + trait

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Irritrait

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ear-ee-trayt

Sentence: his babytalk was the irritrait that drove a wedge between them

Etymology: irritate, trait

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COMMENTS:

This perfectly describes the actions of the guy who sits in front of me who argues to an unseen somethingorother all day; a very annoying irritrait. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-15: 18:56:00

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Cutetopuke

Created by: paintergrl1313

Pronunciation:

Sentence: I thought his messy side was cute, not anymore, it's cutetopuke.

Etymology: It was cute, now she wants to puke.

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Damnerism

Created by: w5lf9s

Pronunciation: dam.e.rism

Sentence: A few months and a few damnerisms later they decided to quit trying and got a divorce

Etymology: damn+mannerism

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COMMENTS:

Hey W5, I think you're the best! I'm voting for your word today! - wordmeister, 2007-02-15: 23:50:00

thanks meister, I liked that word myself, actually - w5lf9s, 2007-02-16: 02:05:00

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Comments:

wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...

ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.